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Jamie Barton (Tuesday) This extravagantly talented young mezzo-soprano, joined by the pianist Bradley Moore, brings to New York a recital program with songs by Joaquín Turina, Chausson and Schubert, but focused on Dvorak's dark-hued cycle of “Gypsy ...More

Cellphones “could serve as a distraction, and I think that's what a lot of educators worry about,” said Seung Yu, principal at the Academy of Software Engineering, one of several schools housed in the Washington Irving High School building near ...More

Excerpts from the minutes of a meeting of Washington Irving HS's 'academic success' panel: "A final marking period course grade of 60 to 64...will be changed automatically to a 65." "If a student receives less than a 65 for a course, the student will ...More

Mayor Bill de Blasio — apparently the first mayor to have a child in New York City public schools while in office — promised to end the ban during his campaign and acknowledged last month that his son brings a phone to Brooklyn Technical High School ...More

When Victoria Baradi Anderson moved into the Union Square neighborhood in 1998, she was attracted to its central location and easy subway access. “I was single and enjoying the night life,” she said. After graduating from college and living with her ...More

After the deaths, the family moved to Puerto Rico, living for several years in cars or in shelters, before returning to New York, where Mr. de Jesus attended Washington Irving High School, which has a long record of dismal performance. He eventually ...More

If you're looking for a concert experience totally without artifice, the Peoples' Symphony Concerts at the Washington Irving High School auditorium in Manhattan fit the bill. It's not just the ticket price ($14) of these concerts, now in their ...More

At 8 p.m., Washington Irving High School, Irving Place at 16th Street, Manhattan, 212-586-4680, pscny.org; $14. (da Fonseca-Wollheim). Kevin Kenner (Sunday) This American pianist makes his New York recital debut in the Frick's intimate music room. More